I want to make one thing clear. I left BBC News (UK) last year after covering Gaza for months because I could see evidence accumulating into the robust conclusion that Israel has been committing war crimes & crimes against humanity. 1/4

Israel's hostage taking has reached new levels of inhumanity. And its Western backers (US. UK, Germany, France etc.) are increasingly complicit in this crime against humanity. Time to tell our leaders: You too are war criminals by association theguardian.com/global-develop…

A defenceless little boy, shot by the Israeli army for no reason in the West Bank. They then ensured his death by obstructing the ambulance. The lack of outrage, of any emotional outpouring, over the slaughter of Palestinian children is repulsive, vile racism.

Utterly shameful - a sickening betrayal of some of the poorest people. And deeply counterproductive too - as if global security isn’t also dependent on efforts to tackle the climate crisis, global poverty, inequality, and humanitarian needs.

BREAKING - According to The Lancet, in the 1st year of Israel’s genocidal campaign, life expectancy in Gaza almost halved to 40.6 years, the lowest in the world. 14 years less than Afganistan and 16 less than Somalia. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

The government has announced it will pay for more weapons and bombs by cutting support for the world's poorest people. A deplorable decision that will only create a more unstable and unequal world. What is the government doing to bring about peace?

Shameful. Labour talk about difficult decisions and tough choices. The choice this time? To cut the foreign aid budget. Why are the 'difficult choices' never taxing the wealth of the super rich?

This is depraved. The US government has just announced they will be punishing anyone involved in Cuba’s famous overseas medical missions, including government officials in foreign countries whose people have benefited from Cuban medical assistance.

Yep. The UK taxpayer pays £9 billion so the US gets continued access to a pacific air base for 99 years. BIG WIN FOR BRITAIN!

Owen Jones When are people going to wake the f*ck up and realise that a protective force is needed. Sign the petition, build momentum. secure.avaaz.org/community_peti…

Fiona Bruce jokes when Richard Tice keeps interrupting that she might have to put a gag on him. How about we stop having Reform on every single TV and radio show possible and constantly giving them a platform? It's so obviously disproportionate. And it's constant. #BBCQT

I did not stand on a manifesto which said we were going to make the NHS crisis worse. Neither did any other Labour MP. This is only possible now because our leaders have stirred up a war frenzy, and all we cherish is being cut. thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/…

Meet the seven brilliant student-scholars disappeared off the streets of the US by the Trump Administration for criticizing Israel’s atrocities in Gaza. Four are being held in brutal for-profit ICE detention centers in Louisiana. None are charged with a crime. Free them now. ⤵️

Labour is dead. We need to build an alternative. New column 👇 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Owen Jones Almost 70% of Labour members say it is heading in the WRONG direction Starmer & Labour Together lied, conned and deceived the membership They are deceiving their own voters It was & is obvious: Starmer is a fully-owned cuckoo frogmarching Labour further & further rightward

New article! A critical defence of the crime of ecocide, by Rachel Killean & Damien Short -> Criminalisation should complement, rather than replace, broader legal and political strategies for environmental protection and justice. doi.org/10.1080/096440…

These people are fucking fascists. Determined to grind any migrant under the state's boot

Sorry, this is completely reprehensible! They've reacted to reform and decided to just resurrect Enoch Powel

Why are some on the left joining the right in dumping "woke"? Full video linked in the QT

Hiroshima on the Mediterranean